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- 2006-11-28
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DIMENSION X
Dimension X was first heard on NBC April 8, 1950, and ran until September 29, 1951.
Strange that so little good science fiction came out of radio; they seem ideally compatible, both relying heavily on imagination. Some fine isolated science fiction stories were developed on the great anthology shows, Suspense and Escape. But until the premiere of Dimension X -- a full two decades after network radio was established -- there were no major science fiction series of broad appeal to adults. This show dramatized the work of such young writers as Ray Bradbury, Robert (Psycho) Bloch, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Kurt Vonnegut. In-house script writer was Ernest Kinoy, who adapted the master works and contributed occasional storied of his own.
Dimension X was a very effective demonstration of what could be done with science fiction on the air. It came so late that nobody cared, but some of the stories stand as classics of the medium. Bradbury's "Mars Is Heaven" is as gripping today as when first heard. His "Martian Chronicles" was one of the series' most impressive offerings.
Dimension X played heavily on an "adventures in time and space, told in future tense" theme. Actors who worked regularly on the show included Joe Di Santis, Wendell Holmes, Santos Ortega, Joseph Julian, Jan Miner, Roger De Koven, John Gibson, Ralph Bell, John Larkin, Les Damon, and Mason Adams. It was directed by Fred Weihe and Edward King. The deep-voiced narrator was Norman Rose.
The series played heavily on the "X" factor in the title, as did X Minus One a few years later. The signature was boomed out of and echo chamber as "DIMENSION X X X X X x x x x x . . . "
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Reviewer:
JamesLast-Hansi
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January 27, 2025
Subject: A superb trip into SciFi's past
Subject: A superb trip into SciFi's past
I just listen to all of the episodes and it is such fun to see what SF writers got right or wrong about the future, sometimes in hilarious ways.
Many of ... the stories themselves are highly entertaining and with unexpected twists at the end.
Also the dated interspersed advertisement is like a time machine.
Many of ... the stories themselves are highly entertaining and with unexpected twists at the end.
Also the dated interspersed advertisement is like a time machine.
Reviewer:
JoeyBrooklyn
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July 25, 2024 (edited)
Subject: Dimension X
Subject: Dimension X
Should be a list itemizing each episode with, year, month, date of broadcast, actors, writer, producer, director...
Especially authors.
EG: We (most ... of us) know the broadcasts which were written by Ray Bradbury (not among my favorites as he was that of my ex-wife). However; many of these broadcasts were the works of several very well known authors.
Oh, FYI: a number of these Dimension X broadcasts were also done and broadcast on the program: X Minus 1, such as "No Co tact."
P.S. Anyone notice how the characters of #9, "Embassy" by Donald Waldheim sound respectively like Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade and Sidney Greenstreet as The Fat Man?
Especially authors.
EG: We (most ... of us) know the broadcasts which were written by Ray Bradbury (not among my favorites as he was that of my ex-wife). However; many of these broadcasts were the works of several very well known authors.
Oh, FYI: a number of these Dimension X broadcasts were also done and broadcast on the program: X Minus 1, such as "No Co tact."
P.S. Anyone notice how the characters of #9, "Embassy" by Donald Waldheim sound respectively like Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade and Sidney Greenstreet as The Fat Man?
Reviewer:
dotpotamus
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December 18, 2023
Subject: Great radio
Subject: Great radio
This and journey into space great stories
Reviewer:
Alyosha48
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January 29, 2023
Subject: AUDIOCOMICS
Subject: AUDIOCOMICS
Dude, thank you for doing what you’re doing with your YouTube channel. Let us hope that a new younger generation discover both your channel and some
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wonderful classical Sci-Fi action dramas.
I’m sure you have enough on your plate; however when you get the chance, if you haven’t already and check out BBC radio Sci-Fi here on archive.org.
There is the most amazing (same vintage) Sci-Fi series; Journey Into Space of about 60+ episodes made up from;
J.I.S. Journey To The Moon 18 episodes
J.I.S The Red Planet ......... 20 episodes
J.I.S. The World In Peril .......20 episodes
J.I.S. Operation Luna ........... 15 episodes
J.I.S. The Return From Mars .... 15/18 episodes
J.I.S. Space Force .................... 6/10 episodes
The above ran from I think the late 50’s to the very early 60’s..
I remember them from my youth (in part!!!) But I know for sure that they were the last Radio Programme to attract more listeners than did that new fangled contraption in the corner, I of course refer to the Television.
Such is the popularity of the six series that they have been broadcast regularly ever since on BBC Radio4xtra channel, coincidently at the time of typing this long ramble! One of the series is currently on the scheduling today. (They play an episode every day)
Apologies for the rant I just hope that if you haven’t already uploaded them, then a search for them on archive shall keep you busy for some time to come.
Don’t mention it 😂😂
Best; Alyosha48
I’m sure you have enough on your plate; however when you get the chance, if you haven’t already and check out BBC radio Sci-Fi here on archive.org.
There is the most amazing (same vintage) Sci-Fi series; Journey Into Space of about 60+ episodes made up from;
J.I.S. Journey To The Moon 18 episodes
J.I.S The Red Planet ......... 20 episodes
J.I.S. The World In Peril .......20 episodes
J.I.S. Operation Luna ........... 15 episodes
J.I.S. The Return From Mars .... 15/18 episodes
J.I.S. Space Force .................... 6/10 episodes
The above ran from I think the late 50’s to the very early 60’s..
I remember them from my youth (in part!!!) But I know for sure that they were the last Radio Programme to attract more listeners than did that new fangled contraption in the corner, I of course refer to the Television.
Such is the popularity of the six series that they have been broadcast regularly ever since on BBC Radio4xtra channel, coincidently at the time of typing this long ramble! One of the series is currently on the scheduling today. (They play an episode every day)
Apologies for the rant I just hope that if you haven’t already uploaded them, then a search for them on archive shall keep you busy for some time to come.
Don’t mention it 😂😂
Best; Alyosha48
Reviewer:
AudioComics
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July 28, 2022
Subject: Great Retro SciFi Fun
Subject: Great Retro SciFi Fun
I'm having great fun with these on my YouTube channel and adding Audio Waves and accurate sub-titles, converting those into multiple languages so everybody
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can enjoy these classics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTTxreLK_4o
Reviewer:
radiophoto
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July 3, 2022
Subject: Time and Time Again
Subject: Time and Time Again
It's a brilliant story, well-acted all the way. What makes me chuckle about it, though, is how a guy gets sent out to "The Outer Limit" to see what's out
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there, and when he comes back to report what he's seen, they think he's crazy. Why explore space if you're not going to believe that extraterrestrial life exists?
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Bellymeat
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April 1, 2022
Subject: Embassy..
Subject: Embassy..
…is one of the best written along with Veldt and Dr. Grimshaw. Sirius were running Old Time Radio shows and hooked me; As a long distance courier driving
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up to 10hrs a day these were a blessing. Thx to all who archive and care for these old friends.
Reviewer:
Keko Balderama
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January 18, 2022
Subject: Thank you for uploading
Subject: Thank you for uploading
This stuff is hard to find and this one sounds awesome!! 👽🛸
Reviewer:
Ryan Sandoval
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December 7, 2021
Subject: Crowdfunding usage
Subject: Crowdfunding usage
May I use the sample audio "adventures in time and space" for an audio trailer crowdfunding campaign?
Reviewer:
2muchtv
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August 24, 2019
Subject: Did Dimension X predict the future?
Subject: Did Dimension X predict the future?
Did the episode entitled "A Logic Named Joe" predict Apple's Siri?
Reviewer:
newdickmorris
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April 29, 2019
Subject: .
Subject: .
"With Folded Hands" and "The Castaways" are both great. I also like "The Embassy" and "Mars Is Heaven." In fact, I think this is my favorite version of
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"Mars is Heaven."
Reviewer:
lyredragon
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June 11, 2014
Subject: Listen to history happening
Subject: Listen to history happening
@ 23:00 on #12 and at the beginning of #13 you can hear a news broadcast cut away as America enters the Korean war 50-06-24 and 50-07-01.
That's pretty ... thrilling. In the middle of tales about atomics and ro-bits and missions to the moon.
I love listening to these tales. Some of them are really stark.
That's pretty ... thrilling. In the middle of tales about atomics and ro-bits and missions to the moon.
I love listening to these tales. Some of them are really stark.
Reviewer:
Ripcord
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November 15, 2013 (edited)
Subject: Dimension X authors
Subject: Dimension X authors
Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Fredric Brown, Robert A. Heinlein, Murray Leinster, H. Beam Piper, Frank M. Robinson, Clifford D. Simak, William
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Tenn, Jack Vance, Kurt Vonnegut, Jack Williamson and Donald A. Wollheim. Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts adapted most of the stories and also provided original scripts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimension_X
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimension_X
Reviewer:
Dungarees2
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December 1, 2010
Subject: An excellent radio series
Subject: An excellent radio series
Dimension X and X Minus one, are probably the two best science fiction shows to be on what we now consider old time radio, in part because they were were
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well written, well crafted, well performed, as well as being first. Lesser shows could have reduced science fiction to a footnote in the history of old time radio. Yes, there were occasional weak episodes, but that was more in the sense they were weak against the high standard they set for themselves, not weak against other science fiction series. The writing for both series wasn't as strong as, say, Frontier Gentleman or Gunsmoke, or possibly The Great Gildersleeve, Jack Benny or Barry Craig because those shows had a continuing cast which you could relate to. And, there was an overlap of episodes. But, for those with the adventure of mind and imagination that only science fiction can bring to mind, travel to space and the future, even as dated as some of the shows may be, they were almost as good (and to many people, better) than curling in a corner with the latest paperback or monthly magazine of featuring the same story.
The bad part of science fiction, of course, is that ever since 1969, no one can ever write about what it will be like to land on the moon... Still, these stories and performances stand the test of time.
The bad part of science fiction, of course, is that ever since 1969, no one can ever write about what it will be like to land on the moon... Still, these stories and performances stand the test of time.
Reviewer:
madasaboxoffrogs
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September 30, 2010
Subject: Dimension X
Subject: Dimension X
Loved it down loaded half of them at the Library and rusged back the next day to get the rest. I must up load “Journey into Space” also from the 50's
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and at 20 episodes per story it seems to happen in real time in “The Red Planet” they get to Mars until episode 10!
As Dim X is a weekly show how come Wheaty's Week lasts for three episodes? Listening to them one after another it felt like the Wheaty people where trying to take over my mind – eat them at 7, still spewing at 11.
As Dim X is a weekly show how come Wheaty's Week lasts for three episodes? Listening to them one after another it felt like the Wheaty people where trying to take over my mind – eat them at 7, still spewing at 11.
Reviewer:
fleabag2
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September 23, 2010 (edited)
Subject: Future tense?
Subject: Future tense?
I admit that I don't have all of these episodes, but it's funny when you stop to think about it, that the producers of this 1950's radio program considered
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that "future tense" (at least in some of the episodes that I have) only extended as far ahead as the 1990's (this is 2010), and many of them have some sort of apocalyptic-gloom-and-doom ending as their theme, none of which, of course, has happened in real life. Having said that, it sounds sort of like all this talk about "global warming", although I don't claim to be a science expert.
Reviewer:
nousforseti
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August 23, 2010
Subject: great series
Subject: great series
So far I've gotten through about half the episodes, and I can safely say that this is an excellent series. I specially like episode 13. It's an almost
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perfect prediction of the internet and modern computers.
On an interesting side note: episode 12 and 13 are interrupted by a news bulletin about the start of the Korean war.
On an interesting side note: episode 12 and 13 are interrupted by a news bulletin about the start of the Korean war.
Reviewer:
sav rekons
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May 19, 2009
Subject: higher bit/rate
Subject: higher bit/rate
these have a higher bit/rate, thus, 20 something mb.
although it may take longer to download, i got this set. enough has been said of dimension x, also ... try xminusone and mindwebs for this genre.
sav rekons 4.5 stars
although it may take longer to download, i got this set. enough has been said of dimension x, also ... try xminusone and mindwebs for this genre.
sav rekons 4.5 stars
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